Conrad Shawcross talks to The Times

'“I’m trying to represent things we can’t see,” he explains. “As children we learn to walk, to master gravity, to understand the way the world works, and we have this illusion that our perceptions are complete. The thrill of science is that it challenges these constructed realities, makes us realise how illusionary it all is.”'

'What all his artworks have in common, he says — whether a colossal machine installed in a disused tram tunnel or a little bronze polygon that you can hold in your palm — is that they “set out to question our sense of reality, to represent things that we’ll never be able to comprehend”. 

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Image: Photography by Richard Ivey

 

 

October 7 2025